Carly is the Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute. A human rights lawyer and leading authority on the intersection of technology policy and human rights, Carly has advised industry, government and non-profit organisations on digital rights, privacy and data protection, and corporate accountability in the technology sphere. She has worked with the European Commission, the Council of Europe, numerous UN bodies and a range of civil society organisations. She was formerly Legal Director of Privacy International, an NGO dedicated to promoting data rights and governance.
Featured work
The Ada Lovelace Institute in 2022
Ada’s Director Carly Kind reflects on the last year and looks ahead to 2023
Containing the canary in the AI coalmine – the EU’s efforts to regulate biometrics
Exploring the gaps and risks relating to biometrics in the EU's draft AI regulation
Season’s greetings: goodbye to 2020 and the 12 months of Ada
Four policy-facing reports, three citizens’ juries, two expert working groups and a global pandemic
Turn it off and on again: lessons learned from the NHS contact tracing app
The decision to delay the app’s launch is the right one.